IPhone - Problems Syncing with iTunes

Hi,
Can anyone help with a an iPhone syncing issue:
- I recently upgraded to iTunes 9.0.1 and my 3GS (OS3.1) will no longer sync smoothly with iTunes.
On connection:
- iPhone shows up in iTunes Devices list
- iTunes displays the message "An iPhone has previously been synced with this computer"
- iTunes then asks me to "SET UP YOUR iPHONE" - giving only two options:
.... [ SET UP A NEW iPHONE ]
.... [ RESTORE A BACKUP OF iPHONE (Pulldown) ]
- At this stage I have no other options available.
So, not wanting to set up a new iPhone, because it isn't, I try the "RESTORE" option, which I don't really want to do, but it's an up to date copy of the iPhone... So not a biggie. It runs for a while then restarts.
Now, none of this is a huge problem, but it's a real pain in the a*se having to restore the iPhone each time it's connected to the Mac.
Any ideas?

Having the same issue with 3G 3.0 OS!!
Please help, last backup was a month ago and I don't want to lose a month of info.

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